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View submission: Why did I build AmputatorBot?
Beep boop I'm your brotherbot!
It's funny how your bot is called u/OtherAMPBot because it has indeed been around for much longer. I wasn't aware of your bot untill a couple of days after my bots release, so that was funny. That's just bad research on my part, so sorry about that.
It is *really* hard to scrape through all top-level comments and in fact my bot also generates non-top-level comments so that makes it even more complicated. It's essentially impossible (especially when you consider the ratelimits).
So what can we do?
1. *Start new substream*: We could both release another stream searching for strings in comments like: `I'm a bot` and check if this was posted by an AMP bot. Like so:
if comment.author == r.redditor('OtherAMPBot'):
//don't post
2. *Using a shared file*: Start using a shared file containing all submissions IDs replied to by either one of ours bots. And with every positive, check if one of our bots has replied to it. I already have such a file in my bot. This shared file method would however require a lot of coordination and I don't think that's smart and doable with security in mind.
3. *Merging our bots*: I mean, I would make sense right? The bots are essentially identical and both open-source. This is quite a move and I would want to chat some more with you before we could start any kind of merging processes.
To me, 1 and 3 makes the most sense. I would love to hear your ideas and thoughts.
Thx for reaching out!
Comment by OtherAMPBot at 17/08/2019 at 04:47 UTC
4 upvotes, 1 direct replies
Hey, sorry for the delayed response, I've been busy with work.
Option 3 (formatted in your comment as 2, but I know you meant 3) is probably the best for the whole community. But to be honest, I kind of selfishly want to have my bot continue in some form. That's because I mention it on my resume and Linkedin, and job interviewers are often curious about it. So having it live on is nice for my job prospects.
What about a 4th option: your bot comments on subreddits x,y,z, mine comments on subreddits a,b,c?
My bot currently comments on:
Comment by Baukelien at 30/07/2019 at 00:57 UTC
3 upvotes, 0 direct replies
Apart from avoiding double commenting perhaps you can divide subreddits between you. You could use your limited resources better this way.